RESEARCH METHODS (SOCIAL) EXAM #13 FULLY SOLVED
Science - correct answer A set of logical, systematic, documented methods for
investigating nature and natural processes; the knowledge is produced by these
investigations
Social Science - correct answer the use of scientific methods to investigate individuals,
societies, and social processes; the knowledge produced by these investigations
Pseudoscience - correct answer Claims presented so that they appear scientific even
though they lack supporting evidence and plausibility
Motives for Social Research - correct answer Policy Motivation, Academic Motivation,
and Personal Motivation
Four types of social research - correct answer Descriptive Research, Exploratory
Research, Explanatory Research and Evaluation Research
Descriptive Research - correct answer Defines & Describes something, what it is. It is
quantitative, but not experimental. It simply describes an event, survey, correlation
study, or case study.
Exploratory Research - correct answer seeks to find out how people get along in the
setting under question, what meanings they give to their actions and what issues
concern them
Explanatory Research - correct answer seeks to identify causes and effects of social
phenomenon and to predict how one phenomenon will change or vary in response to
variation in some other phenomenon
Evaluation Research - correct answer seeks to determine the effects of programs,
policies or other efforts
Qualitative Method - correct answer Methods such as participant observation, intensive
interviewing, and focus groups that are designed to capture social life as participants
experience it rather than in categories predetermined by the researcher. These methods
rely on written or spoken words or observations that do not often have a direct
numerical interpretation and typically involve exploratory research questions, an
orientation to social context, and the meanings attached by participants to events and to
their lives.
Quantative Method - correct answer Methods such as surveys and experiments that
record variation in social life in terms of quantities...data that are treated as quantitative
are numbers or attributes ordered on terms of magnitude. Test hypothesis. Explanatory
& Evaluation
Science - correct answer A set of logical, systematic, documented methods for
investigating nature and natural processes; the knowledge is produced by these
investigations
Social Science - correct answer the use of scientific methods to investigate individuals,
societies, and social processes; the knowledge produced by these investigations
Pseudoscience - correct answer Claims presented so that they appear scientific even
though they lack supporting evidence and plausibility
Motives for Social Research - correct answer Policy Motivation, Academic Motivation,
and Personal Motivation
Four types of social research - correct answer Descriptive Research, Exploratory
Research, Explanatory Research and Evaluation Research
Descriptive Research - correct answer Defines & Describes something, what it is. It is
quantitative, but not experimental. It simply describes an event, survey, correlation
study, or case study.
Exploratory Research - correct answer seeks to find out how people get along in the
setting under question, what meanings they give to their actions and what issues
concern them
Explanatory Research - correct answer seeks to identify causes and effects of social
phenomenon and to predict how one phenomenon will change or vary in response to
variation in some other phenomenon
Evaluation Research - correct answer seeks to determine the effects of programs,
policies or other efforts
Qualitative Method - correct answer Methods such as participant observation, intensive
interviewing, and focus groups that are designed to capture social life as participants
experience it rather than in categories predetermined by the researcher. These methods
rely on written or spoken words or observations that do not often have a direct
numerical interpretation and typically involve exploratory research questions, an
orientation to social context, and the meanings attached by participants to events and to
their lives.
Quantative Method - correct answer Methods such as surveys and experiments that
record variation in social life in terms of quantities...data that are treated as quantitative
are numbers or attributes ordered on terms of magnitude. Test hypothesis. Explanatory
& Evaluation
